Comments on: Apple Fans Geek Out: Store Opening In NYC

By: Francisco

Francisco — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:33:06 +0000

A building across the street, The Port Authority Building (76 9th Ave) used to have manufacturing. It has elevators than can carry medium sized trucks. It used to have rail service that worked with the barges on the Hudson River, to bring in raw materials. The building is said to be too expensive to knock down, because of the amount of steel and bricks used. Today there’s communications companies and collocation in the space.

I thought the restaurant on the corner where the new Apple store is now, was a really chic spot (never ate there). The Korean fish & chips shop was my stop when I worked for E-Solutions at 76 9th Ave. My firehouse used to shop at the Western Beef grocery store next door from time to time. It moved 2 blocks north to the middle income housing projects.

Artists, art galleries & clubs seem to make the scene more livable. Gansevoort Hotel & the new hotel with the West Side sky park area will probably make the meat markets pick up & go somewhere else.

By: andrewbaron

andrewbaron — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:00:58 +0000

One thing that’s also interesting is that the neighborhood the store moved into is undergoing rapid change, in particular, it’s becoming much more expensive from real-estate to shopping to drinking.

Just down the block is the Stella McCartney store which moved in early, and many other designer clothing stores, etc. have moved in around the area since. The Meat Packing district which is just to the South is also turning into a much more trendy and upscale locale, even during the day.

Not that I have a political statement to make here, it’s just interesting to notice the change. The new Apple store will likely have a bigger-than-normal impact on the surrounding businesses.

By: RandellFever

RandellFever — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:50:39 +0000

Yea, you show those outside waiters! Every couple of years at work, management kicks around the notion of replacing the laptop with a mac. What happens at the last minute? … new PC. It is still fun to go drool in the apple stores though.

By: sarahmeyers

sarahmeyers — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:33:35 +0000

Merry Podmas!

@Ralph Dagza- Interesting about the life cast part. This I did not know already.

By: George Frink

George Frink — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:20:08 +0000

Re-readng … you hit the effectively identifical nature of the Apple stores right on the nose (ouch!,ouch!,ouch!,…). Yes, and the one here in the Research Triangle Park area of NC is like the two you mention. Deliberate strategy, younger son tells me. So I’m off to Durham for the fun of that place and dinner nearby. Merry Podmas to all!

By: ralph dagza

ralph dagza — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:13:18 +0000

wow me too

1. Lifecast
2. My blog is running on wordpress (self hosted)
3. Apple users

By: sarahmeyers

sarahmeyers — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:38:01 +0000

so that makes four I guess…

By: sarahmeyers

sarahmeyers — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:33:04 +0000

Hi ILindsay- Just wanted to say I read your blog and thanks for reading mine. We have three things in common: 1. life cast, 2. blog on wordpress and 3. Apple users. I’m going to get an iPod Touch for Xmas too.

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:20:00 +0000

I see you! Awesomeness.

By: ilindsay

ilindsay — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:58:28 +0000

Giving away free Macbooks?!? WHAT?! That just changed my life. lol I love Apple. I’m getting an iPod Touch for Christmas. <3 So excited!